EDITORIAL
Ain’t nothin’ but
an Elvis stamp
Weil, the people down at the 1 S Postal Sets me
have finally done something right
Godhead.trs and guess
No. itN not another postage raise Nome'! ■ 1 etter
The postmaster gem-rai. with much fanfare and t o..Ir
ish..unveiled ias! wees'two possible version ot a in w
1 avis Preslev stamp
wriui’hi'
Now that's something we ran ail be happ. ab<> .*
The' - King of Rod n Roll will soon gnu e tin- upper
right-hand corner of - love notes, phone In'is. and ves.
maybe even letters to the editor at-this v«-r\ new .paper.
The King’s stamp is a long time in coining Those
American flag stamps are getting bur mg and staid hi
vis on ,1 si.imp is exactly
vvh,j! (f is nhi iit r v needs to
get i* . : f»ij' i>: this postal
After all. it you can't
lick the li.i! k o! I avis' ta< (•
and slap it on a t ihristmas
card. what good is the
postal system'
However. the lies!
thing alMiut t h.e lists
stamp is there are two
possibilities to
choose
After all, if you
can't lick the
back of Elvis’
face and slap it
on a Christmas
card, what good
is the postal
system?’
• rum tin: nni:.^ I h is
and the ()id Id vis (hereafter referred to as "t ! and () Id)
From til is i I a ner. 'i I. is the choice II this nation is
going to commemorate the King, the stamp shoald re
fieri him at his Ix st I he VI. stamp conjures up those
irreplaceable memories of gyrating hips, weird hairdos
and those had Id vis movies where the < ast would break
into song without due i uu.se or provm ation.
B\ comparison, the Oh stamp only firings hack the
king's final nightmare years, unless you’re a tabloid
reader who thinks Idvis is alive and working .is a fry
rook in t tu a. NO
Do we want So remember Ids is as a bloated, neumt
te fitug user ’ ()f course we don’t
(in down to the post office \ ote tor the VI st.aip.
It’s w luit the king would have vs anted.
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Primaries: Silly, agonizing ordeal
THE FINE
PRINT
OK ! o r a r. . ! s w I.
hasn't wal,ltd Hi,; ...-as
nr ri'ici .1 jjiipi-r in tin' last
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lin'.vr, .' ■ nt [,r i ■. :. i, p:.
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I ifs! tin- Di'rnuf rats
Paul Tuongas aun Nrw
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t'iit hiipj)i’ii in S it:. 1J.»K• ■:.i
anil finis turd nut ut ttic :nonr\
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• I i• Sc ml 1; i >.lk. !,l l win
I .■:11 H.i:km .. i m
S' Itii Dakota. but is ' 'isiitr: I'll
,i iin.paut ll!-w.i:ting
l**rr v Ur> .vn g.. vc is. a -.gas .»
r a i «• in M .lint', h u t i h r
Moonli.-.iin t .im p.i ign ii..s
lit .'ll unsiu t t-ssfu I t'Vnrywhrrr
ItiH (Hinton. tilt- darling i an
didatr, hasn’t wuti a tiling
Saw !ur till- Kl’plil ; a alls
(leorgr Hush won both pri
mantis, but I'at Uuuhauan (thu
political equivalent of a pi!
hill,: Stan I turn in N.-w ilamp
shirr, un.i iasuiit' sun lantli
if a It ■ ' i'm ommitiftl'' hnisht-ti a
st:, dig ".. . , :; i in S. a! h Dakota
u.n "I IXikt* is st,;i missing in
a i 11.) n t. ■ r w i.u h w i• gi •. .•
til.ink- ! .:: w as last srcii , u
.. us making comp.irison.s he
Iw.vn hi nisei I and a soft drink
last' (.ut a (atla. Dllkr ht'lil'V i s
In- is tin- "real thing "
V\ ' 11 If.. 1 tiling" I.)t. kt was
rfiftring t,. had not tu rn deter
ininrtl a! prrss time
Analysts i havr no idra
what s gi.::..’ on. anti eiingru
11* :;. ;s ■■ .. s ■ a(..: . -j it.. ■
I in not altinr Political pun
it,is , ,i!J,m tivulv shrug thi-ir
s:.,if rs w i:'-n l.u i'.i w ;tli .!■
i id mg w h i is "winning the
No insult to New
Hampshire voters
intended, but any
state which put
John Sununu in the
governor's mansion
does not deserve
such political clout.
idv h.-c
lining
sun** should not hovi- thf ri^ht
n »«jii i* .ifi opinion on presi
dential idutt's i or Ifom i!
But our pM‘M*nt svsUwi. howrv
vr it was onto* intrruii’d. has
now [mmdhu* prrvrrtrd into an
agom/mg ordeal he politic ions
! tir presidential campaign
ys ! i• t: m tnid.lhe_V lu gins
i U -dm-sday \
venihor eat I: hup year, has t>e
i oiiu; almost 11ki much to bear
After all till* post-ohs lion pus
luring is done, and a slab of
candidate-. has stepped forth
ivi1 voters art' subjocted to
months o! watching IVter, Dun
and Tn!:i stand ing in tins pas
lures, microphones at the
ready, trying to get a presided
tiu! hopeful to sa; something
u orthw hile
f-.lej ’111 by sound fate Is the
name of the game
The drawn-out primary pro
t f-.s ;s a trial hy !; aitiethr. iW et
lor potential candidates Tfie
politl. i.ilts' list's are scrulini
/ed ami any slip-up or minor
infraction brings the mass me
dia running with the' exuber
ant e of a vulture to < anion
• lie surprise becomes nut an
; . tat indam e of people y\ ant
ing to be president, hut that
-my tme would willingly suhn'i t
th -mseUes it, the primary pro
lilt' t .lllcjill.lll'v .Illit tilliS Selling
the agenda for !hr rest of the
.rip.t l:.me .1 little
sijueatt i-.li \ii in-- :.l to \t",v
i i.imji.hiiv v oters iiiIi'M,it'ii. bat
un\ ft’.iif which jail John
Summer in I he governor’s man
sion does mil tit'scrv f such j:ii
lit leal clout
luvi' invariably informed the
who ls tfmiig >' in thf
nuinin.ii; 1. ami Liit-r primaries
l irii ini, lamed.. ►. , i : .in .
Hulls
Tin; soluHon is .simple
Hen’ s mv plan.
• vs
lit- iuiliit’tit'n to announce Iht’ii
Candidas m s until Ajiril 1 (ap
propriate; o| tile fir, Uon year
ill's::.: It . . ru !■ s\ u: ill It", .it
we penalty Personallv I
f-iv 11r t olming tin* candidates
iur om- month in ,i h.m: cell
with Jesse Heims us a ruom
niute
• .S' p tvs ,1.1- : : v ■ -,■ -
lions ill ot nil would
i,i■ j ,:i s u:: A..g ! A i i pr; ■
manes ivs..r,i delegates on a
strii t pm i tit.igf of soli! ratio
• Stoj three ‘. ...
■ inventions vs on Id be held
Si'jit 1 Like the current pro
".s ail delegates are beholden
the suiisi rilii-d candidate lor
one ballot only II no one has
etiie.:gh t.. vs m on the hrst go
atm.nd. it s every candidate lot
turn/herself Vu e presidential
. arulidates would he chosen by
a countrywide lottery because
tl.ev don't to a thing unyvvav
• I'wo < and [dates are pi kod to
battle for the president v
See how simple that works'
No more long election seasons,
c-o more turning tins states into
jiu!ttical litmus tests
Besides, vs ho wants to see Pe
ter Dan and lorn in cow pas
tures arms av'
Pun Peters is an rs/itoria/ edi
tor for (hr Emerald